BNP may help doctors identify HCM patients at highest risk of serious heart complications, improving monitoring and treatment ...

A B-type natriuretic peptide or brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), is a commonly performed blood test that is used to diagnose or rule out heart failure. Specifically, the test measures levels of the ...

The common genetic heart condition under the lens is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The problem is that there is no cure ...

Dallas, TX - The addition of natriuretic peptide testing to the traditional clinical evaluation of patients with dyspnea of suspected cardiac origin cut the duration of emergency-department visits by ...

January 25, 2010 (Baltimore, Maryland) — Serial measurements of natriuretic peptide in a community-based elderly cohort often showed substantial changes in levels of the biomarker over two to three ...